Numbers 13:31
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But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
In other translations
But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
Hebrew words
וְהָאֲנָשִׁיםveha'anashimand the menH582אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whoH834עָלוּ'aluthey had gone upH5927עִמּוֹimowith himH5973אָמְרוּ'ameruthey saidH559לֹאlo'notH3808נוּכַלnukhalwe are ableH3201לַעֲלוֹתla'alotto go upH5927אֶל־'el-againstH413הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971כִּי־ki-forH3588חָזָקchazak[is] strongH2389הוּאhu'itH1931מִמֶּנּוּ׃mimenumore than usH4480
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 1:28Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
- Joshua 14:8Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the Lord my God.Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
- Hebrews 3:19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
- Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
- Numbers 32:9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them.For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
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